GLOOMY
by
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The intro goes something like...
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|---3-----------3---3---------3---5-3-/7-5-3---3--------|
|-5-----5-3---5---5---5-3---5----------------5---5-3----|
|----------------------------------------------------5--|
I think that Fogerty bends the 2 on the D string every once in a while just to give it
some pizzazz.
Then...
"Some people laugh in the dark..."
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|---3-----------3---3---------3---5-3---/7-5-3---3--------|
|-5-----5-3---5---5---5-3---5------------------5---5-3----|
|------------------------------------------------------5--|
"Some people count your money..."
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|---3-----------3---3---------3---5-3---/7-5-3---3--------|
|-5-----5-3---5---5---5-3---5------------------5---5-3----|
|------------------------------------------------------5--|
Then comes the bridge, which is something along the lines of...
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|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------------------| and etc.
A second guitar plays these notes throughout the bridge...
|--6----6----6----6----6-5----6-5--|
|--6----6----6----6----6-6----6-6--|
|--7----7----7----7----7-7----7-7--|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/creedence_clearwater_revival/gloomy_tab_ver_2.html ]
And then a brief but incredibly cool solo...
"Brothers'll make you look sidways..."
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|---3-----------3---3---------3---5-3---/7-5-3---3--------|
|-5-----5-3---5---5---5-3---5------------------5---5-3----|
|------------------------------------------------------5--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---3-----------3---3---------3---5-3---/7-5-3-----------|
|-5-----5-3---5---5---5-3---5------------------5--3---5--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Short break...
Rhythym guitar plays an A#7 then an G7, I think. Or a transition of it. And then after a
while it goes down to an F, then up to an G.
Another bridge riff...
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|-----8------6--------------------8------6----------------|
|-------------------8------6--------------------8------6--|
|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8------6--------------------8------6-------------------|
|-------------------8------6--------------------8------6-7-8-|
|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6-------|
Strum on an F7 transition for a while, then...
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|-----8------6----------------|
|-------------------8------6--|
|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|
Rattle on an A#7 and then you are done.
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